the perception that he was not a domestic policy person. - [evan] talk about that. - george bush, george herbert walker bush, passed more domestic legislation than any president except lyndon johnson and franklin roosevelt. - and those were two special circumstances. - yes, and he passed more conservative legislation than any president in history. - right, yeah. - the budget agreement, which he, at that time, was not very popular, the five-year budget agreement. but it turned out to create all the surpluses of the '90s, and the growth period, the 10-year growth period-- - and the clinton folks will say, "well, we did." but the reality is, if you look back, the predicate was in this four years. - it was, because this set - all the rules for budgeting with caps and everything that congress and clinton just had to enforce and it occurred. - right. - clean air act, he broke the 13-year stalemate on clean air by bringing market-based solutions to the problem. the energy policy act, which was the broadest and most significant and probably the only solid energy strategy this country's ever had. it got discard

george w. bush---who already appears in a tv spot---and will join governor bush on the trail. their father---george herbert walker bush and george w. got strong support from south carolina during their runs for the white house. jeb bush backers are not tired of the bush brand. i don't think it would be fair to judge me on what my father or my brother did. i think that i get to you know you get to do what your parents did or what your grandparents did. bolstering "team bush" is senator lindsey graham. graham took aim at last night's second place finisher, governor john kasich, calling kasich a budget-cutter when it comes to military spending. john kasich is making south carolina a priority on the heels of his second place finish in kasich's campaign and political action comittees has been pennies on the dollar compared to the million- plus spent by the campaigns and pacs supporting cruz, rubio and bush. many observers think kasich is focusing his attention on the midwest - leaving him playing catch up in south carolina. "there's this opportunity to now take this momentum we see him coming out of new hampshire and

george herbert walker bush had served both in congress and as cia director. we also had a couple of governors and two u-s senators---howard baker and bob dole. candidates with celebrity backgrounds too. like donald trump----ronald reagan was best known to many as an actor, tv host and in iowa, a sports broadcaster. but iowa was not particularly reagan campaign either----and he lost by two per cent to bush. jimmy carter tried for a second term in iowa----and clobbered ted kennedy two to one. but reagan roared back in new hampshire and south carolina----something trump is expected to do this time around. south carolina played a big role in 1980 to help reagan win the nomination. he beat texas governor john connally by a 25 point margin----helped in part possibly by a bit of political chicanery from south carolina's lee atwater, who cooked up a rumor about connally ying to buy the black vote. there was one constant from 1980 to today. nbc's tom brokaw working then and again today----still covering the big political story 36 years later. that photo snapped just a

it reminds me john in his biography of george herbert walker bush noted when he was in congress, he votedhen nixon came in, he voted 55% of the time with the nixon administration. what's changed in the last 30 or 40 years? >> well, certainly as you can see from the graph, we've had dramatic changes in the parties as we've lost the center. one of the things that president obama pointed out in his speech was that we've had a regional sorting out of our politics and the conservative democrats became republicans in the south. the moderate republicans became democrats in the northeast and the west coast. that's a part of it. i would broaden it out, michael, it's not just polarization. it's a combination right now, a toxic one of triable and populism. nobody trusts leaders of any sort. triable as in the people on the other side of the isle are not just worthy but enemy when you have that atmosphere and george herbert walker bush became president, the chairman of the weighs and means committee worked together and collaborated and tried to solve problems. now if you do that, it's like sleeping wi

in south carolina---governor bush support that did a lot to propel george herbert walker bush and george w. bush into the white house. among those on team bush this time---lexington senator katrina shealy. we loved george w. bush. we loved his dad. you know i'm hoping that we get mom here. people in south carolina love the bushes and i think that he can latch on to some of that. you know donald trump's got a strong machine here but you i think south carolina's going to be good to jeb bush. some other familiar names working behind the scenes for governor bush---former congressman tommy hartnett, sally atwater--widow of the late legendary consultant lee atwater---catherine templeton, former head at dhec and llr---former gop chairman barry wynn---medal of honor recipient kyle carpenter---former ambassador and house majority leader david wilkins and maybe best known, senator lindsey graham. campaigning today---graham predicted one of bush's rivals in new hampshire, former governor john kasich---would hit his second place finish last night. jack kuenzie wis news ten. following a strong finish

chief of newsweek, - [evan] whose latest book, destiny and power, the american odyssey of george herbert walker bushe's jon meacham, this is overheard. - [evan] let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you can say that he made his own bed but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time, took it on and-- let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you going to run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually.

ladies and gentlemen, the 41st president of the united states, george herbert walker bush, and formersh. >> there you go. a salute to a former president, george h.w. bush gets a standing ovation last night, which happened on his home turf in houston. he's going to be 92 years old in june. it's always good to see him certainly. "way too early" always good to see as well. we're back in a moment. does a freshly printed presentation fill you with optimism? then you might be gearcentric. ♪ right now, get 25% back in rewards on hp ink, toner, and paper! office depot officemax. gear up for great ®. >>> here's guy who inherited $200 million. if he hadn't inherited $200 million do you know where donall trump would be right now? selling watches -- >> oh, well that was just one of marco rubio's zingers from last night's republican debate in houston. now his campaign is doing a bit of merchandising off that line, selling this busted rolex watch for ten bucks calling it the trump watch. the post says you won't get the watch, but that $10 donation will help rubio quote stop him. >>> and did you not

the former editor of "newsweek" and offer of destiny and power, the american odyssey of george herbert walker bush. jon, the media which one anoi anointed jeb the front-runner were trying to push him out of the race. does his political demise in the campaign change the way we cover and define the republican party? >> unquestionably. although donald trump has changed that and the press has been obviously part of that process. you know, this is the end of almost a 70-year story. jeb's grandfather first ran for the senate in 1950. six of the last nine presidential tickets on the republican side had a bush on it. and so the shift from jeb bush and that kind of republican, mitt romney, george w. bush, those kind of republicans to a front-runner like trump obviously changes the entire conversation. >> barbara bush complained at one point that the pundits or the press were ignoring her son, but although he had some improvement toward the end didn't the media reflect the fact he was just not a very good candidate? >> i think it was more of a mirror than a maker. you know, this has been -- you've talked ab

reagan ended up losing to george herbert walker bush in a squeaker-----32 to 30 per cent. baker pulled 15 per cent for third place. reagan later said iowa had been a "kick in the pants" for his campaign and by the time it got to south carolina----he clobbered his next closest competitor, governor connally---with 55 per cent of the vote here. bush later dropped out of the race. the democrats were little more predictable----with jimmy carter beating ted kennedy almost two to one. we did get a lot of media attention back then----including in person coverage by some giants of the tv news industry. tom brokaw covered his first iowa caucus vote that year----and he's still doing i also had a memorable moment passing by the hotel bar that night and seeing walter cronkite in there holding court with a circle of admirers around him. go to wistv.com to find out more on the impact of the iowa caucuses on south carolina. we also have a links to the top gop and democratic candidates. a "backdoor" cold front coming will move through tonight, not expecting much change to the forecast unti

chief of newsweek, - [evan] whose latest book, destiny and power, the american odyssey of george herbert walker bush, has just been published. he's jon meacham, this is overheard. - [evan] let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you can say that he made his own bed but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time, took it on and-- let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you going to run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. (crowd applauds) - jon meacham welcome. - thank you sir. - nice to see you again. - delighted to be here. - and you have another winner on your hands? - well i hope so, i hope so. - who knows these days in the book business. - in the book business but it's been a long time, a long journey. - it has been. why him? - because he matters. he's a consequential president with an extraordinary life. it's an american saga. if we wrote this as a novel and submitted it, it would get bounced

george h.w. bush and the audience showing them a lot of love. a standing ovation. >> ladies and gentlemen, the 41st president of the youth, george herbert walker bush and former first lady barbara bush. martha: they got a wonderful reception. 91 and 92 i think they are. it was great to see them in their hometown so shortly after their son dropped out of the race. bill: we should all be so lucky. a fox news alert. we are getting an update from police on the deadly factory shooting that left four people dead and 14 others hurt. the alleged gunman opening fire inside the factory where he worked before responding officers shot and killed him. survivors reuniting with their loved ones. one particularly emotional meet-up that was caught on camera. >> i never thought something like this would happen. >> how is your husband doing. you were able to talk to him. >> he said he's okay. he did say somebody next to him got shot. oh, my god, oh, my god! martha: so much relief. can you manage. what is the latest on this shooting. >> the horrific example. what happened last night? reporter: 15 people including the alleged gunman were shot and killed at the xl plant

welcome a very special guest with us here tonight, the 41st president of the united states, george herbert walker bushnd former first lady, barbara bush. [ applause ] everyone here is looking forward to a lively debate. i'll be your moderator tonight. joining me in the questioning, telemundo host, cnn chief political correspondent, and salem radio network who worked in the regan administration for six years. tonight, there are five republican candidates and they're ready to join us right now. please welcome, ohio governor, john kasich. [ applause ] senator ted cruz of texas. [ applause ] businessman and real estate developer, donald trump. [ applause ] senator marco rubio of florida. and retired neurosurgeon, dr. ben carson. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, welcome the republican candidates for president of the united states. [ applause ] now please rise for our national anthem, performed by country music artist, dana carter. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous figh

norah o'donnell on cbs about donald trump and the way politics have changed, we recall george herbert walker bush and barbara bush, you could have never even imagined trump. not a trump. >> first of all, good for barbara bush for speaking out and saying what we all know is going on there. i wonder though, about the wisdom of jeb bush. i'm sorry to say it this way, playing the mommy card. i am all for mommies, i'm pro mommy. but i am one myself. but he needs to look like a strong candidate. and i think he's going to get some from his rivals on deploying barbara bush there. she's very popular in the state. >> precisely because trump has been so effective playing the low energy bit and rebranding jeb bush. karen and ruth. it's great to see you. >> great to be here. >> thank you very much, both. >>> and the head and the heart. which way will famously independent new hampshire voters go? we'll get some answers coming up next. we're waiting for president obama. he's going to speak in the briefing room any moment in the white house about the economy. the new unemployment numbers. they're looking good. w

john: the great thing about that george herbert walker bush, the big mo, he thought he had it.pshire crushed it. new hampshire has done that a lot. when your candidate ran in 2000. talk about that as a premonition about what could happen here. mark m: we came out of iowa. george w. bush not only lost but lost by 19 points. got hammered. after winning iowa, john mccain beat us badly. we talk about momentum. here is the impact momentum has. john mccain, the day before new hampshire, was 25 points down in south carolina. after winning new hampshire, he was up. a swing of 30 points in 24 hours. that is how quickly momentum changes the dynamics. mark: you traveled around with different candidates, talk about the mood of the republican field. mark m.: i spent time with ted cruz coming out of iowa. the fun thing about watching the candidates is how the campaign shifts. we went from buses to chartered airplanes. it is just getting bigger, faster, more geography you are covering. a whole new dynamic to the campaign. it's faster. things are really going to start clicking. you will see ca

the presidency of george herbert walker bush followed reagan versus his vice president.ion by the numbers, advancing many issues for many americans and yes, he is the most recent and important figure but it's part of a republican revolution that we need to see again. reagan was kind of a forty-year revolution where in other cycles, 40 years later b. >> jenna: the question becomes who is going to lead that cycle? who does embrace reagan in a way that can push it on another 40 years or reinvigorate the party? rush limbaugh had ideas about this, a specific candidate he says really does it. as conservative -ism is your back, if conservatives is a is a dominating factor in how you vote there's no other choice, rush limbaugh says for you in this campaign other than ted cruz because you are right. this is the closest in our lifetime we have ever been to ronald reagan. david, your thoughts? >> my job is to analyze the horse race as you do on a news show. not pick the horses but in the reagan revolution, something more important than the man first occurred. americans needed a rev

president george herbert walker bush objected to these initiatives because he feared it might strain diplomatic relations with beijing. in the end, his administration vowed to pressure and allowed students to remain in the u.s. and become citizens. the is another example of importance of advocacy. during the 1990's, many found asylumcubans in the u.s. in large part because of the advocacy of the very local and politically influential cuban american community in south florida. haitian boat people by comparison were more likely to be called economic migrants despite the fact they were fleeing equally or more repressive conditions. nations were much more likely to be detained and deported then where the cubans and this did not change until the congressional black caucus took up the cause and forced a more humane response from congress. one final example. the neck or rob wittman adjustment and central -- the nicaraguan adjustment act allowed hundreds of thousands to remain in the u.s. and this legislation was the combination of almost two decades of intense advocacy on the part of an unl

he did that and got the nomination and then lost to george herbert walker bush.arty go beyond two presidents to control the white house. so hard to say what heaps right now but ed henry -- i guess the guy didn't sleep. now is in a car on his way to bernie sanders event -- no. you're cheerly -- clearly standing and not in any vehicle. >> reporter: right. >> you're tapping the feel the bern rage, right? >> reporter: no doubt. this is a race -- we're in the snow inueç epping. bernie sanders having a concert and recally, trying to get the university students -- a little snow in my mouth -- hillary clinton is trying to push back. down double digits. today she had a rally with her husband and realizing her ties to wall street have been a bigñ9 issue, so now maybe a little belatedly she is pushing back on bernie sanders, watch. >> i haven't just talked, have just begin speeches. i've introduced legislation and called them out. i've gone to wall street and said they were going to wreck the economy over the mortgage markets. they know where i stand because i've always st

george bush didn't do it. george herbert walker bush didn't do it, bob dole, mitt romney.non-incumbent president ever won that. the problem you unfold in this process as soon as february is over, it becomes a national primary. it's no longer state by state. february is state by state. we have 20 states vote in the first eight days of march. whoever has momentum at that point is going to sweep those states. >> rose: are they more likely to be towards donald trump because of his views on immigration and guns. >> i think at that point it doesn't matter. these processes are judged by momentum and whoever has momentum going into march 1st in those 20 states whoever has that is going to win a majority of those states no matter where they are. >> rose: carol. >> in terms of the republicans in general becoming more convertible voting for trump, when you talk to folks in washington, republicans in washington they feel that way because they think he's better than cruz. they just don't want ted cruz. we had a poll recentlyshowed the way. they are more increasingly comfortable with or

george herbert walker bush banged away at ronald reagan for seven months. after gerry ford said no, he turned to the man he had been in a knife fight with for eight months and picked reagan. >> hugh, a lot of people are having fun where you are. >> the houston people, they're upset with me because i said go navy, beat houston. >> oh, that's it. >> thank you, don, be well. >> are angry voters the key? and melania trump has said nothing on the campaign trail up to now. >> do i agree all the time with him? no, i don't. and i tell him that. i tell him my opinions, i tell him what i think. sometimes he listens, sometime he don't. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients.

. >> if you look at bill clinton and george herbert walker bush, they were not far apart. i think that middle lane is really wide open for someone like mike bloomberg to come in in a year where we have someone shouting from the sidelines. i think the voters would like -- >> i would welcome that. he will draw from your side. >> i don't know about that. gun control, climate control will work well in the red states. >> funny you should mention that. funny you should mention that. i'm about to talk about that, guys. >> time now for my take. there's no way new york mayor mike bloomberg would be thinking about an independent presidential bid without these things, a serious donald trump campaign and wounded hillary clinton. oh, let's not forget a self-proclaimed democratic socialist skyrocketing into new hampshire and who knows where else. bloomberg sees a huge opening with his centrist views, more conservative financially, more liberal on things like gun control potentially reaching a huge swath of americans who find themselves similarly straddling the fence. here's what i wante

george herbert walker bush who became the vice president beat reason ald rag gain in 198 ol but when he became president by the way in 1988, he came in third place. rosanna: he did. greg: tell me. wry well, bill clinton also lost to iowa. the wife squeaked by with a win. greg: woes the guy that you know who knows tim? rosanna: my cousin. he worked on bill clinton's detail when he was president. greg: are did you see bill kinton, you know mike mud, he will stop for a half-hour. rosanna: loves mike. why speaking of mike, mike huckabee, of 2008, won. what hap phoned him? he fell of the map quarterbacking. rosanna: i the got out of the race last night. greg: rick santorum in 2012, he won i would. ial, he is in aring greg: all right. next up is new hampshire. a bit more, i think it is pair to say cos ma toll tin in i would. rosanna: it will be in from eing to see because governor christie wo did not resonate too well in i would. he had a big endorsement from the newspaper there in new hampshire. whether that carries any weigh. we will fin out won't we? >> it is do-or-die. i think this is

in 1988 george herbert walker bush was 30 points behind michael dukakis. in 2000 w had to go from a blistering loss in new hampshire to go beat mccain in the pro military state of south carolina. 41 had lee atwater. 43 had rove. mike murphy is walled off from jeb. i don't know about that. ted cruz, this is really interesting. he's the constitutional expert and today the supreme court put a stay -- or yesterday late last night the supreme court put a stay on president obama's global climate change throwdown from the epa. they also a week earlier raised the issue of the president not taking care of the laws that he's charged with enforcing. so ted cruz's constitutional chops come into play. everyone's got a strength. then there's john kasich -- >> i've got to ask you this before we get too far afield here. you keep talking about a brokered convention that's going to go all the way -- why do you say that? if donald trump has enough delegates or whoever it is enough delegates, why would the convention say brokered? >> i never say brokered. i say open. there ar

george herbert walker bush. greg: he came in third place. bill clinton lost. how about that. mike huckabee won. name that guy. it is a tough one. let's see what happens in recent history. we had a good time pretending we would be in iowa. we will just keep an eye on things. rosanna: everyone is talking about these groundhogs. mike: and there's like 40000. i cannot keep track of them. greg: the groundhog is still in the back. cold. rosanna: they really go praise untrimmed crazy and pennsylvania. rosanna: staten island, forget about it. what is chuck's success rate? >> i think that they give their own stats out sometimes. rosanna: i thought that you might be keeping an eye on this. greg: go check it out. it looks nice and sunny here today. even though it is a little bit cooler. we had a decent come out warm day yesterday. high temperatures from we made is up to 59 degrees. fifty-four and isolate. there is a clear sky over the tri-state region. high pressure is in control. it is not here today. this shows you what is happening over the next 48 hours. the clouds filter and quickl

and in fact, president george herbert walker bush after the 1991 desert shield, desert storm operation said we've whipped vietnam syndrome. we've gotten that out of the way. the publicity leading up to that conflict, one of the things when it came to both generals pourl and schwarzkopf, was look how much they learned from their experience that you have to define an objective that's achievable. you must get public support, be transparent. must do those things again. one could argue now we're about to have a middle east syndrome come out of this of look what happened to the united states when it committed military force in iraq. it committed military force in afghanistan. where did that leave us? and then presidents are going to have to weigh the next time i feel that we need to commit american military force somewhere is the american public ready, willing and able to ready, willing and able to understand my argument? captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008

>> i worked and proud of the fact i worked for president george herbert walker bush. he was here this evening. i worry about for the republican party the long term injury they have done to their brand. you know the autopsy post 2012 as we needed to rein in the debates. whomever emerge, you have to wonder who is going to be there in the fall. >> all right. anderson, back to you. >> just ahead, the most important critics of all. the voters. we will go to the debate watch party in el paso. it will be fascinatinfascinatin. i'm curious to learn what they had to say. we will have that in a moment. >>> we will have more political analysis from the cnn contributors. when you can get voters who will cast ballots here in texas, that is what really matters. gary tuchman is joining me now in el paso. gary, what do they think of the fiery debate? >> they were entertained and informed. you thought it was a good debate? [ applause ] >> they were watching for two and a half hours. this is el paso county, texas. most voters here are democrats. this a roomful of republicans at the repu

we will talk later on about the 1988 election between george herbert walker bush and bob dole.here was a governor, john sununu who helps president bush become vice president -- then vice president bush. he then goes on to become chief of staff for president bush. there is a real opportunity for somebody who really makes a president, or really contributes to a president's victory in new hampshire to have a much longer career in politics down in washington. chief of staff is a very important position. this isn't an actual ballot. it gives you an idea of what you are doing back in 1952. this was a flyer put out, it's like a sample ballot put on by the eisenhower people. it says "vote for ike." you can see the names of the people and the towns they are from. they are telling you to vote for the following 10 delegates who are favorable to eisenhower. it doesn't say they are committed, but they are favorable to eisenhower. the top the list is sherman adams. you can see some other names that are famous in new hampshire . foster stearns. bit. that come up quite a important people in th

and the bush family is known for its decent sir, really, starting with president george herbert walker bush and when you have got a ways being dominated by crazy bernie sanders on the left and donald trump reality star, magnate on the right, the question is, are the american people interested in hearing from folks who come from a more modest and moderately political background? and i think that -- neil: your theory is no? >> well, i don't know whether it is fear or not. but i suspect it is not what the people are looking for. remember the movie, "network," right? i'm mad as hell and i'm not going to take it anymore. fabulous movie, if any viewers not seen it. it is so prescient. it was 1976 came out. neil: won oscar. >> exactly. beat rocky? i think same year as "rocky." neil: i don't know, it got a lot of, mad as hell and can't take it anymore. >> that is the mood of the country. donald trump and bernie sanders are saying the same thing. they are saying, you the american people, whoever you are, you're being screwed by the sytem and i have got the way to solve it. same story from either sid

>> look, if you want other examples, george herbert walker bush did not skip iowa and came in third incame to new hampshire. did it new hampshire way and came out of here a winner and went on to the presidency. it changes a bit every four years, bill. it is hard to predict how it has changed ahead of time but everybody will have a field day looking backwards next tuesday and explaining to us all how it did change or not change. bill: true on that. quickly on the undecideds, said up to 39% here in iowa could change their minds tonight. after talking to many of them this weekend i believe that number to be accurate. is it the same in new hampshire? >> yeah, it is at least the same in new hampshire in my opinion. and even though new hampshire doesn't follow iowa, in terms of reacting the same way it pays attention to iowa and it takes a look what happens coming out of there and does affect the undecided as you go into the last moments. my guess is 40% here are undecided or liable to changing their mind. bill: we'll see what effect over next eight days n iowa, this is what we tell you, gov

he won in 1996 and he put up a strong challenge against george herbert walker bush in 1992.we see this populism anti-establishment republican candidate do well in the past. trump is a little bit different than a guy like the canon because he is much more famous and he has a lot more money. buchanan was not able to continue after new hampshire because he did not have the cash to be able to do that. whereas trump certainly has the money to fight on in other states, even if you should lose in new hampshire. so it is not a new phenomenon but it is slightly different than the past because of the celebrity of trump, but we have seen it before. host: what is your methodology and polling? guest: we use random digit dialing techniques where we randomly sample landline and cellular telephones. about 65% to 70% of the telephone numbers initially an hour samples are cell phones and then we randomly sample of adults within the household and we don't take the first person who answers the phone. we have a series of questions that screens down to what we consider likely voters and go on fro

. >> politics makes strange bedfellow, george herbert walker bush called ronald reagan economics voodoomics. neil: you are absolutely right. >> i think it can be trump. >> the question raises donald trump too, the idea who he would look at as a running mate and pooh-poohed the notion because it's too early, he did someone as an insider i assume in elected office or former elected office. do we have that? i want you to respond to this, raising the very issue with donald trump. do you look at certain types? governor? senator? >> number one i have to win, after i win i can think about. this there are really, really good people that we know. i think while i'm political, i'm not a politician, i would want to choose a politician. neil: so he's saying maybe a senator, maybe a governor, but someone because he's so outside the box, someone a little more in the box. what do you make of that? >> smart call for him, somebody inside the box and somebody who is not an outsider kind of candidate. so i would think that would eliminate ted cruz. i think john kasich would be a very good alternative for d

an interesting dynamic tonight, former president george herbert walker bush, 91 years old, and his wife, barbara bush, they're expected in attendance, their first time crossing paths with donald trump since his attacks against their sons jeb and the former president, george w. bush. matt and savannah? >> all right, peter alexander, thank you. >> chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." nicolle wallace is an nbc news political analyst. guys, good morning. did i miss anything? all right, last gop debate tonight before super tuesday. five people on the stage. anyone whose name is not donald trump had better do something tonight to try to slow him down going into tuesday. realistically realistically, what are their options? >> listen, winning the nomination is like climbing to the top of everest. donald trump is halfway there with half of the pack and a lot less oxen. it's possible, but extremely difficult. >> what do you expect, chuck? rubio and cruz and kasich, they have to make their move. >> what i expect and what they should do are two different things.

millennials, new technology, blackberries, it's amazing how -- how she can look a little bit like george herbert walker busht explain scanners. >> maria: it is comical. it is his legacy. it is jim's legacy f they don't do the right thing and what everybody around them is saying, this really should go this way, they've got to worry about their own reputation. >> right now he's betting reputation on demanding on employees of apple corporation develop something so he can spy on americans likely without our permission. remember, i listened to your last segment. he isn't asking them to do a attack and give them with thumb drive of information as one of your guests said, he's actually asking for a back door, something that would very much lead to they getting a secret wiretap and pulling information on your iphone and you never knowing it about it. this is very scary when you're government wants to know more about you. ebb, the state department could have released all the documents, classified ones and they have been dripping and trapping and have not release today congress. they want a tool developed and they're

. >> and i thought that was so off key with jeb that nobody said anything about george herbert walker bushy dad is the greatest man alive and so. and so lucky to have barbara as a mother, and so. it is not the subject. odd. >> and to think that the moment was a success for jeb? >> yes. >> and wait a second. why can't a guy who is not able to run from his family, and i mean, that is a stupid enterprise. and why can't he embrace the family in an endearing way and not be cut up for it. i thought it was charming. >> and now, bush says, i came out of the womb and looked up at my mother, and everybody went ew! and there was nothing endearing there. >> and marco rubio made a better connection to the bush administration than jeb did when he said that i am happy to have george bush as president instead of al goer (that is a great line and how you do it. >> and he needs to connect to the people. >> and go ahead, jeff. >> two things, there is a thing of the reagan/bush divide and there are a lot of the republicans and the conservatives out, there and they loved the bushes, and they loved ronald reaga

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office of president of the united states used to be something that people who ran for it, george herbert walker busht, ronald reagan two term former governor of california, had spent a lifetime traveling the country. you saw rick santorum in the answer define the obama era of the presidency. said his qualification was he had great potential. and that's now the standard with which a lot of voters are looking at presidential candidates. not by their competence, not by their ability to command, not by their capacity to be the most powerful person in the world but whether they have great potential. >> and the problem it seems to me, john hielman, is the answer to that question is the gang of eight immigration bill. that's what he's done. he worked with chuck schumer and others and that's been hung around his neck for the entirety of this campaign. >> well, that's an accomplishment, right? >> it was at the time, but now he's paying for it. >> it's a very unpopular thing among a lot of republican voters in the nominating electorate and everybody points out that there's a similarity between rubio's dilemma

ladies and gentlemen, the 41st president of the united states, george herbert walker bush and former first lady, barbara bush. [ applause ] >> everyone here is looking forward to a lively debate. i'll be your moderator tonight. joining me in the questioning, telemundo host, maria slais and dana bash, and salem radio network's hugh hewitt, who worked in the reagan administration for six years. tonight, there are five republican candidates. and they're ready to join us right now. please welcome ohio governor, john kasich. [ applause ] senator ted cruz of texas. [ applause ] businessman and real estate developer, donald trump. [ applause ] senator marco rubio of florida. [ applause ] and retired neurosurgeon, dr. ben carson. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen. welcome the republican candidates for president of the united states. [ applause ] now please rise for our national anthem, performed by country music artist, dena carter. ♪ oh, say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ thro

at the time it was in sharp contrast to republican presidential candidate george herbert walker bushnt at that point. guy benson said it's a message that hillary lacks and the republicans have hijacked to pull ahead in this race. he's live in the diner where you had some breakfast. >> i had a wonderful omelet and much needed coffee so i'm doing all right. >> we set that up showing bill clinton back in the day. that's the one thing that hillary is really lacking isn't it? people don't feel in many cases she's got the empathy. she doesn't people our pain. >> well, two issue, showing up in the exit polls. one is of course trustworthiness. they value it 90 to 5 they go for bernie sanders. close behind it though is that empathy and caring question. she got hammered by sanders among people who prize that empathy in a candidate. 82% of those democrats went for bernie sanders last night. >> this time though what's different is republicans seem to have a compassion strategy. at the debate the other night, ted cruz told a story i had not heard before about his half-sister and her struggles wit

she was originally appointed by george herbert walker bush in 1992. had many appointments of people who are consensus candidates. so the notion that he doesn't offer consensus candidates is simply false. and so i think that this is yet another form of obstructionism at a time when we don't need any more obstructionism. >> i'm not so sure about that. it's fine to keep things -- i don't think there's any rush to judgment. i'm sure the administration has a list candidates. >> only the supreme court of the united states. only the supreme court. >> doesn't mean you have to leave it to tomorrow afternoon. >> sure, there's a process. >> right there is a process. >> i want to be fair to dahlia there are some republicans like jeb bush who talked about this, executive still gets the call. talk to us more broadly about if the president could get a nominee through, that would be his third to the court. a big part of his legacy. >> yeah. i mean, there's already short lists sort of swirling around the universe, ari. and those short lists popped up yesterday evening

both bush '41 and bush '43 faced crisis moments in their campaigns. george herbert walker butch was 30 points behind mike dukakis. w had to go from a blistering loss to go beat mccain in south carolina. '41 had lee atwater, '43 had rove. ted cruz, this is really interesting. he's the constitutional expert and today the supreme court put a stay -- or yesterday, late last night, the supreme court put a stay on president obama's global climate change throwdown from the epa. they also a week earlier raised the issue. president not taking care of the laws that he is charged with enforcing. so many ted cruz's constitutional chops come into place. everyone's got a strength and then there's john kasich. >> i've got to ask you this before we get too far afield here. you keep talking about a broken convention, why do you keep saying that? if donald trump has enough delegates or whoever it is has enough develop gats, why would it be broke snerd. >> i never save brokered. i always say open. unlike the democratic party which managed to give hillary five delegates. i just do math. i don

in south carolina---governor bush support that did a lot to propel george herbert walker bush and george w. bush into the white house.

george herbert walker bush had served both in congress and as cia director. we also had a couple of governors and two u-s senators---howard baker and bob dole. candidates with celebrity backgrounds too. like donald trump----ronald reagan was best known to many as an actor, tv host and in